View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.
(a) Hake.
(b) Gray skate.
(c) Puffer fish.
(d) Greenland shark.

2. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.
(a) Caude.
(b) Cabillaud.
(c) Cambraid.
(d) Cot.

3. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Oxygen depletion.
(c) Hyperthermia.
(d) Pressure changes.

4. Blackfish are considered _____.
(a) A by-catch of cod fishing.
(b) Bottom feeders.
(c) Very valuable.
(d) A useless fish.

5. What does the phrase "magnimity imported" mean in the language of the southern New England coast?
(a) Imported fish colonies.
(b) Someone who thinks they are important.
(c) Magnanimously important.
(d) Before the importance was realized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

2. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

3. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?

4. Which country, which doesn't have a history of international cooperation, is expanding its fishing capacity?

5. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 184 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample